Earlier this summer Jennifer and I traveled to the Yosemite Valley with a group of friends. The trip was organized by Robin and Kevin Schlichter, two longtime Yosemite visitors. Robin is a Bay Area transplant from the great state of Minnesota and Kevin is a local boy. Kevin is also an Eagle Scout which I […]

My friend John Grover sent me this email a few a week ago. I’ve watched it about a dozen times since then. I own a mountain bike and I try to ride it occasionally, but it would never have occurred to me to try to make my mountain bike do these things! This video was […]

Today my wife and I toured a condominium rental just down the street. We were both impressed with the space and the owner. He’s a younger guy and I got the sense that he’d be a really good landlord, so I was eager to make him an offer. Jennifer was quick to point out however, […]

This weekend my wife and I went to Big Basin in the Santa Cruz mountains. It was our first camping trip of the year and my first attempt at hiking since I tore my achilies tendon last August. The tree that created the cross sectionin the back ground sprouted the same time the Roman Empire […]